Trick's of the trade The low speed ranges of the 2.3KHz wide mode , are designed for a filter bandwidth of ~ 1.5 KHz , higher levels requiring the full channel As user data and experiences are gathere

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Interesting comments from LA gateway using the 500 mode Link maintaining traffic [ qso] flow down to -20 dB s/n over quite difficult high latitude paths , oddly , the latest simulator tests , stop at

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Thank you for the quick reply ! I will look for a solution. 73 Tomek SP5LOT

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if you are using paired virtual ports , try removing the paired ports and then re-create the pair Andy

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Tomeck , Ros, suspects , there is another application runinning that has acquired the com port Needed to address the modem ... Might need a little knife and forking , in the device manager to see what

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Hello. I have a problem with Vara HF V4.03 settings with Winlink Express. With the previous version and my settings, everything works. Now winlink does not control the PTT of the Vara modem. Vara Term

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Hi Andy, I guess if you only want to talk about popularity and adoption I can kind of see that there's a point in there somewhere. Even that is a very strange conversation... because even popularity m

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Actually there already is such a thing , and its adif listed , though there is a issue with Semantic change dependant on location .. the most prolific deployment can be found on the 11 meter band ...

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"awards are the biggest attraction to the average HF ham." "Really??? Almost all the hams I know do not chase paper.(maybe 20-30 that I know well enough to say that) Maybe it's different in your area?

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RE:" awards are the biggest attraction to the average HF ham. " Really??? Almost all the hams I know do not chase paper.(maybe 20-30 that I know well enough to say that) Maybe it's different in your a

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I was not intending to "compare" them. I have fun with all of them. I was attempting to contrast the popularity of FT8 and 4 with the many attempts over the years to get wider adoption of various digi

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Andy, Comparing FT8 and FT4 with VARA and P3, P4 is like comparing a golf cart to a Porche! FT8, FT4 are great for exchanging minimal information (call sign, signal report, Grid square) and they do th

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I think FT8 and FT4 have shown that wide adoption of a digital mode is achieved when popular awards , like DXCC , are associated with use of the mode . If , for some odd reason, ARRL developed an awar

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That's ended well - I think the call is the licence , and can have various -/ all the modems and versions are covered by the same key, At over 100 baud, the non registered set-up should provide adequa

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It’s OK, I figured it out . I downloaded the new version on to a new PC but also put a copy on my old PC. The old PC automatically recognized that I had previously purchased the software . Andy K3UK

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For those of us that have previously paid for earlier versions of VARA, is this new version simply a continuation or do we have to pay again ? Andy K3UK

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Whats new in VARA 4 , live as from 1 July Faster high rate transfer and lower s/n weak signal performance Completely re-worked protocol 2.3 KHz b/w : 16 speed levels New 500 Hz B/W mode : 13 speed lev

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Apparently not Andy I must admit , its not something i've been involved with, little or no call in the uk for the function , since the packet system's demise , e-mail over radio , has given way to web

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I thought it always did this, no ? Andy.

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From vara groups :- With the release of Trimode version 1.3.30.0 and RMS Relay version 3.1.0.0, Winlink now supports Vara for HF message forwarding. Jose EA5HVK

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